1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: Welcome in Clay Travis buck Sexton show, our number two 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 1: Thursday edition. Hope all of you are having a fantastic 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: maybe early start to your Christmas season. As I know 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: many of you are going to be traveling soon if 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 1: you haven't started already, make sure you take us with 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: you wherever you go. My kids, Buck, are going to 7 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: be arriving during the course of today's program, out for 8 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: at least two of them, out for the winter break. 9 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 1: So if you hear chaos in the next couple of days, 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: it's probably my kids playing what is now the greatest 11 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: selling video game of the year, the new EA Sports 12 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: College Football game, which they obsessively play downstairs, and sometimes 13 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: I can hear them while I'm doing the show. So 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: they will now be out for Christmas. And if you 15 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: remember what it's like to be a kid and get 16 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: out for Christmas break, there are not very many better 17 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: feelings than getting out for Christmas breaking. How awesome that was, Buck, 18 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: when you finished the last feeling, it is really best feeling, 19 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: Absolutely fantastic. I love Christmas as a kid. My parents 20 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: always did a great job being sure we had a 21 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: really Christmasy feel in the home, and my mom's amazing 22 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: at decorating with the tree and all that on the 23 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: stockings and everything really gets into the Christmas spirit. What 24 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: is the greatest toy you ever remember getting as a kid. 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 1: Was there one thing where your your mind was just 26 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 1: completely blown? Oh? Man, that's a really good question. I 27 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: think it would depend on age. I remember getting the 28 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: Ewalk play set from Star Wars if for those of 29 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: you out there who are around my age, they had 30 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: the Ewalk Village and I remember being super super impressed 31 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: by having the Ewalk Village to play with. I got 32 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: you Sega Saturn. We given a Sega Saturn when I 33 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: was maybe I guess thirteen or something, twelve eleven thirteen, 34 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: they're probably thirteen, and I was the greatest Christmas gift 35 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: that I was the most excited about. But as a 36 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: as a kid, kid, like really young, those of you 37 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: who remember he Man the cartoon, probably a lot of you. 38 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: Castle Gray Schull. Oh that's a good too. I got 39 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: that too. That's an amazing yeah. Oh yeah. That was 40 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: walking out there with my uh like Indiana Jones pajamas 41 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: with the feet built into them as a kid with 42 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: my brothers seeing Castle Gray Skull and it was the 43 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: coolest moment of my life up to that, you know, 44 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: five years or whatever, and uh yeah, phenomenal it. You 45 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: will soon be able to have what is really an 46 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: awesome experience of as your kids start to get older, 47 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: giving them gifts and having their excitement kind of translate, 48 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: particularly really young kids when they wake up in that 49 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 1: joy of Santa having arrived overnight. And I know a 50 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: lot of you out there get to experience at both 51 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,959 Speaker 1: his kids and I mean kids, then parents and then grandparents, 52 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: which is super cool to be able to go through 53 00:02:55,880 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: that entire trajectory. But that is officially underway for a 54 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: lot of people holiday season. We want all of you 55 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: to say safe and we hope you're going to have 56 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: a fantastic time. I wanted to get into this because 57 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: I do think it's going to be significant in the 58 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: days and weeks and months ahead. The combination of Donald 59 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: Trump and Elon Musk is maybe the greatest, most influential 60 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: partnership that I can remember between a politician and a 61 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: citizen who is just trying to advocate for the politician's goals. 62 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: Elon Must, I know he's doged, but he's not being 63 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: paid and otherwise he is not a member of the 64 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: administration and official capacity, but he's incredibly influential. You saw 65 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: it just happen with the fifteen hundred page Omnibus Continuing Resolution. 66 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: Whatever you want to say, that the battle's going on 67 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: right now. What everyone needs to prepare themselves for is 68 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: Democrats are aware of how incredibly powerful this partnership is, 69 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: and they are going to do everything they can to 70 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: try to make Donald Trump believe that Elon Musk is 71 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: the real power behind the throne and that Trump is 72 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: not actually pulling the strings. This is very calculated on 73 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: the part of left wing media. They recognize how strong 74 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: the partnership is and they are going to do everything 75 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 1: they can to try to tear it down. Prepare yourselves 76 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: for it. I hope Caroline Levitt, who is just on 77 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: and other people who see Trump all the time, are 78 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: talking to him about what is going to be an 79 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: attempt to try to detract from that relationship because of 80 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: how successful it is. I give you that as a 81 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: story that in the days of the weeks and months 82 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: is going to be very important because it is so 83 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: clear and calculated that the talking points have gone out 84 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: on this. This is the view earlier today Woope, Goldberg saying, 85 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: if I were Trump, I'd be nervous about walking around 86 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: the stairs given Elon Musk quest for power. Listen, who 87 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: is in charge? Because I've been saying. 88 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 2: It for a while, I've been saying that I think Elon. 89 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: Must believes he's president. I do. I called I've called 90 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: him vice president, I called him president because I don't 91 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: know what JD is doing. I hardly ever say I don't. 92 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: I don't remember last time we even talked about JD. 93 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: You're right, he's planning the presidency when he gonna get 94 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: rid of Trump. So you think it's Musk and Musk Vance? Hey, 95 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 1: you know who stay away from the stairways. People put 96 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: the leg out to trip people going down the stairs. 97 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: Watch out, all right? So trying to make a joke, 98 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: Oh look, Trump's gonna get killed because JD. Vance and 99 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 1: Elon Musk are really the powers behind the throne. This 100 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: is going to become, if it hasn't already, the primary 101 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: to talking point of left wing media. They recognized that 102 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 1: X under Elon Musk is would you agree with this? Buck? 103 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: I think you probably would. The most powerful media platform 104 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: out there right now and the most influential I don't 105 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: think there's even a close second right now. It's what 106 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: the Internet is supposed to be, which is a place 107 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: where you have, you know, when you come to communications 108 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: and exchange of ideas. The promise of the Internet was 109 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 1: instant connectivity and freedom. And Twitter became a social justice 110 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 1: activist censorship entity. That was its primary mission and it 111 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: wasn't even like a thing that it was doing. That 112 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: was what it was really doing. Eglon has transformed it 113 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: back to what the initial promise. I remember Twitter in 114 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: the early days play so to you, it was like 115 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: the Wild West. And then over time, really what happened 116 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: was Trump used it so effectively in twenty sixteen and 117 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: they started tightening the screws and tightening the screws. They 118 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: couldn't allow that to continue. So yes, I think that 119 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,799 Speaker 1: x is the most media platform in the digital space 120 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: out there right now. And I think that Elon and 121 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: look the fact that Bezos is sitting down with Trump 122 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: as well. I don't know what I would I'll tell 123 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: you this, Clay, for the first time, looking across the 124 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: ideological battlefield at our opponents in media on the Democrat side, 125 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: I don't even know how I would advise them right 126 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: now because they're in such a desperate strait. It's like 127 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: they're the army that's shown up with no AMMO, no shoes, 128 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: no strategy, and no generals, like they have no idea 129 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: what's going on? Well, I think what you're seeing on 130 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: the left right now is there are a lot of 131 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: people with platforms, not a lot of people with audience. 132 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: Yes that matters, right, Like, Okay, so if you're Anderson Cooper, 133 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: you can go on CNN as you have for twenty 134 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: some odd years. But as soon as you're off CNN, 135 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: nobody really cares about to Anderson Cooper. So you're spot on. 136 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: But let me push you to the next level of this. 137 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: Then what would you tell like, if you were a 138 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: consultant for the DNC in the media space right now, 139 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: what is there? You know? What is there? So? What like? 140 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: What if you're trying to build What I'm saying is 141 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: if you were taking over C and that or something, 142 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: what is their message even supposed to be? I don't 143 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: know how you go from this guy is Hitler to 144 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: the country's doing great and the most important people in 145 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: business in the world love this guy and are sitting 146 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: down with him and everything's looking cool so far. You 147 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: know what, Yeah, I say, you know my points. I 148 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: had too many beers fifteen years ago. Like, what have 149 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: they got? They've lit themselves on fire, nobody believes them anymore, 150 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: and here is the the next step on this. I 151 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: don't even know who I would say is the most 152 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: effective spokesperson for the left of center arguments right now. Historically, 153 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: I would said Rachel Maddow. And i'm historically I mean 154 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: the last seven, eight, ten years. But she's lit herself 155 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: on fire and she's only on one day a week, 156 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: and she seems to have burned herself out. I can 157 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: give you a lot of people on the right who 158 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: I think are effective, and maybe centrists that are really 159 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: effective and their audience trusts them and their audience will 160 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: follow them. Who is that person on the left? I 161 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: can't even tell you. Let's just put it this way, buck, 162 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: If I were in the agent business and I were 163 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: getting ten percent of somebody on the left's earnings for 164 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: the next five years during the Trump era, I don't 165 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: even know who i'd want to represent, because I think 166 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: they're talented enough to cut through the noise and actually 167 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: be really relevant. Can you even think like, who would 168 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: on the left would you want? Like, there's people make 169 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: a lot of money, Rachel Maddow, But I feel like 170 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: she's peaked. And I can't even point you to someone 171 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: that is of the left that I would s say, Boy, 172 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: their audience loves them. They have a real runway here. 173 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: They can be incredibly influential in the opposition to Trump 174 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: during his second term. I can't even tell you who 175 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,959 Speaker 1: that person is. I That's what I'm That's why I'm 176 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: asking you, right, That's the point is that there really 177 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: doesn't seem to be a you know, a team ready 178 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,719 Speaker 1: to go. You know, I'll give you an example, I 179 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,439 Speaker 1: think of what's happening right now or kind of the 180 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: dynamic at play. Barack Obama came along two thousand and eight, 181 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: was what was the key thing? Why was he able 182 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: to beat Hillary Clinton? Other than being like, you know, 183 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: more more likable and better on the stump and everything. 184 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 1: He didn't vote for the Iraq War. Now, he wasn't 185 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: in the Senate to vote for it at the time, 186 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: but he wasn't automatically tied to what the country had 187 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: decided was a disastrous policy. Right now, the media of 188 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: the Democrat corporate media all went all in on Trump 189 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: will lose. He's a threat to democracy. He is Hitler. 190 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: And I think what we're both picking up on is 191 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: they all went down with that ship. I don't know 192 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: who you know, I don't know who the voice is 193 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: on the left who you can't just immediately mock. And 194 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: then when you add in and this is the front 195 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: page of the Wall Street Journal today, the Biden Hiden, 196 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: Biden's decline. They have no credibility. It's it's a massacre 197 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 1: out there for left wing media for their own audiences. 198 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 1: Because here's the unpardonable, here's the unforgivable. And I'm talking 199 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: about this like I'm a Democrat now, so maybe I 200 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: should like totally like change my vice. You guys all 201 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 1: know that I'm like a democrat now. That's how democrats 202 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,439 Speaker 1: all sound. I don't know if you know that, Clay. 203 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: They they are at a point now where they've been 204 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: so wrong. It has been so clear that they have 205 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: humiliated their own audience. And that's what's unforgivable. Are people 206 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: are extended radio family get to tune into us every day. 207 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: And yes, of course we always say we speak the truth. 208 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: We do the best we can try to carry on 209 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: Rush's legacy. We're so thankful for this platform. But everyone 210 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: can tune into us and know these guys were right 211 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: and they shot straight with us the whole time. And 212 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: you know, that's an earned credibility that we have for 213 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 1: what we do. And we appreciate so many of you, 214 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: millions of you listening. But that's the truth we have. 215 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: If you were doing the other thing on the Democrat side, 216 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: your own audience and this is why I found the 217 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: Morning Joe thinks so fascinating. Your own audience is tuning 218 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 1: in going You made me look like a moron to 219 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: all of my friends and everyone, you know at the 220 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: cocktail parties this holiday season or you know a little 221 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: earlier in the holiday season, but you know going into Thanksgiving, 222 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: Trump's gonna lose. He's Hitler. No he's not, and know 223 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 1: he isn't You know that that's the fundamental challenge they have. 224 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: They humiliated their own audience. Totally true. And you know 225 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: what sometimes is worse than love or hate, which in 226 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: the media business can provoke reaction. Right, you either love 227 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: somebody you hate somebody. To me, it feels like a 228 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 1: lot of MSNBC and CNN viewers are actually indifferent. They're 229 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: just tuning out. If you go look at their numbers, 230 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: fifty percent of their audience has effectively vanished. And that 231 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 1: means they're not even angry at the host anymore, because 232 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: at least, if you're angry at somebody, you might still 233 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: care what they say. I think it was Proust Marcel 234 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 1: Prus here he probably didn't expect to get him quoted today, 235 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: who basically said, the worst indignity is not hating I'm paraphrasing, 236 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: is not hating someone. It is being totally indifferent to 237 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: their existence. And you really think about it. At least 238 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: when you hate somebody, it's the other side of the 239 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 1: coin of love, right you're still emotionally reacting to them. 240 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: Just being totally indifferent to them is the cold cruel 241 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: hand of reality that MSNBC and that CNN right now 242 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,439 Speaker 1: have I will make this prediction a twenty twenty five, 243 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: you know, because this is male like Clay's taking. You 244 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: got solo tomorrow. Then, as we said, next week, got 245 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: some great guest host special shows. So this is my 246 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: last show for twenty twenty four. A prediction in twenty 247 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: twenty five about who will emerge. Wes Moore of Maryland 248 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: is going to become the premier Democrat political brand. Just watch. 249 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: It'll take a little time, and Gavin Newson's going to 250 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: try to elbow in there like the slimy communist he is. 251 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: But Wes Moore is going to emerge, I think as 252 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: a top contender. And I think he's going to shove 253 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris aside because she's I'm a little surprised she's 254 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: staying in the game more than we anticipate, at least 255 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: for right now. We'll see if that changes. Wes Moore, 256 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: to your point, is actually a huge football fan, and 257 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: he was at the Army Navy game which was being 258 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: played in Maryland. He's a governor of Maryland and he 259 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: was photoed shaking hands and hanging out with Trump. I 260 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: thought it was an interesting move by him. He's a 261 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: combat veteran, he likes football. He's he's a Democrat. Everybody so, 262 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: but he comes across as as you know, very authentic 263 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: and like an actual guy instead of a guy from 264 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: Minnesota who came across like some Democrat focus group version 265 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: of you know, being a guys guy. So Wes Moore, 266 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: I think you're gonna see it. Remember this prediction. In 267 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, Wes Moore will emerge as the big 268 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: Democrat name. Look as good as we're feeling about everything 269 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: right now, and we are. It's a holiday season. Trump 270 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: has just completely kicked ass, Maga is racking up wins 271 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: left and right, elon. All the stuff that's going on 272 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: is amazing. We got to make plans for the long 273 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: term future. Here. 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Spend Christmas Eve with the guys 292 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: cap find them on the iHeart app or wherever you 293 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: get your podcasts. Oh, welcome back in Clay and Buck here. 294 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: I was getting so into my Christmas tunes there I 295 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: realize we're doing a live radio show. It's not just 296 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: like listening to Christmas music and start thinking about what's 297 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: going to go under the tree. It might be some 298 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: lumps of coal for the lobbyists in DC. Clay, we'll 299 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: talk to Senator Rand Paul about the Cramnibus, which I 300 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: like saying. It's just sort of fun to say the 301 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: Cramnibus bill. It reminds me a little bit of the Crampus, 302 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: which is this Northern European tradition of is that the Yeah, 303 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: it's like the scary center, right, you know I'm talking 304 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: about that. Yeah, I think you're right. We'll have some fun. 305 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: By the way, So this is your last show of 306 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 1: the year, we come back. I've got a clip for 307 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: you that I don't think you're gonna have her. You're 308 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: right about Crampus. Crampus is a horned and this is 309 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: just from Wikipedia. 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Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. 335 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: Buck I got an audio clip that I want to 336 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 1: play for you, and I got to give credit to 337 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, who is not having a good season as 338 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: the New York Jets quarterback. Frankly, nobody associated with the 339 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: Jets is having a good season. I'm sorry for our 340 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: wor listeners out there who came in with some optimism 341 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: in the Jets season. But he did say this the 342 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: other day on ESPN. This is from Pat McAfee's show, 343 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,719 Speaker 1: and he said, you know how they will have like 344 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 1: your credentials on the screen when you're a media analyst, 345 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: it might say you know Buck Sexton of the Clay 346 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: and Buck Show or Clay Travis Clay and Buck Show 347 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: might say OutKick, like, whatever your credentials are. When Aaron 348 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: Rodgers is on ESPN, pretty good credentials. Super Bowl MVP 349 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: and four time NFL MVP, I think is on the screen. 350 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: So when he's talking about playing quarterback, you might not 351 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: agree with him, but it's like, boom, here are my credentials. 352 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: He said he wants everybody in media to have to 353 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: say how many COVID shots they've gotten, and then you 354 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: can just look at that and determine how much credence 355 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: or credibility you want to give to it. And honestly, 356 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if you can come up with another one. 357 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: But in this era, you know, I don't really use 358 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: where you went to college as a proxy for how 359 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: intelligent you are, or even if you went to college, 360 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: if you're like Elon Musk or or Jeff Bezos and 361 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: you found companies like I do give a lot of 362 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,719 Speaker 1: credit to that. That's not easy to do. But if 363 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: you told me you can only know one thing about 364 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: everybody on television talking about any issue under the sun, 365 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: knowing how many COVID shots they got actually is not 366 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 1: an awful idea. Here's Aaron Rodgers making the case. Listen. 367 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 2: I know I got to say this multiple times for 368 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 2: people because they don't listen. But say whatever you want 369 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 2: about me. 370 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: I don't care. 371 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 2: But just before you do it, whether you state your name, 372 00:20:56,160 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 2: your calcolades, pronouns, whatever it is, just states your back 373 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 2: sets so that anything you say afterwards gets put in 374 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 2: the right Leight. Just get it out there, because then 375 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 2: when you say things about me, people can at least 376 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 2: be like, oh, you are captured by the multi billion 377 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 2: dollar propagandist and you're still upset about Just so everybody 378 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 2: knows where you're coming. Everybody knows, Okay, cool, you're twice 379 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 2: vacs Maderna with three booster shots. And then say what 380 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 2: you want to say whatever. I don't care. 381 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: What do you think? I actually think it's kind of genius. 382 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: Doesn't that tell you a great deal in the wake 383 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: of COVID about how much for you and me? I 384 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: think it would tell everybody? For us personally, I think 385 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 1: it tells you a lot. Wouldn't that impact how you 386 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: would consider someone's opinion on a variety of subjects. It's perfection. 387 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: He's a very shrewd fellow, it's a brilliant test and 388 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 1: I totally agree with his assessment here, and yeah, I 389 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: would love to know. I mean, for example, the craziest 390 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: people in the media were the last one still saying 391 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: things like I've gotten my seventh booster. But remember Scarborough 392 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 1: was like I would have been really sick with COVID 393 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,120 Speaker 1: if I hadn't already had eight shots. Do you remember 394 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: when we remember playing that clip like if you got 395 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 1: more than two, like maybe if you're eighty five, like 396 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: my dad's eighty, my mom is eighty two, eighty as well, 397 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: can I can I tell you go ahead? Go ahead? 398 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, I I maybe understand you getting 399 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: more than two shots for anyone that is younger than fifty. 400 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: If you got more than two COVID shots, I don't 401 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:44,719 Speaker 1: trust your opinion on anything, honestly, because you were just 402 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: a sheep and you were just bleeding your way to 403 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,959 Speaker 1: go to the pharmacist and just keep getting shot up 404 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,880 Speaker 1: with a worthless shot. I think it's actually brilliant. If 405 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 1: I found out that you got five COVID shots, I'm 406 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,920 Speaker 1: not taking your opinion on anything serious. I think that's 407 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: a sound policy. Also, if you are not angry about 408 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: mask and I mean angry about mask mandates, not even 409 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,359 Speaker 1: that you didn't think they were necessarily a great idea, 410 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 1: if you don't think that mask mandates were a moronic 411 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: and tyrannical and pointless epidemiologically, although very useful for control reasons. 412 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: I don't trust some I don't trust someone's judgment on 413 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: matters of policy or life who does not see what 414 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 1: a catastrophe the whole mask thing was and what an 415 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 1: absolute disgrace to the whole public health universe it was. 416 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: And I also note doctors who still kind of be like, well, 417 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 1: I'm a doctor, and so I you're not a very 418 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 1: smart doctor. I don't care where he went to school. Yeah, 419 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: I agree, And I've made hiring decisions where I've been 420 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 1: more likely by far to hire somebody at my companies 421 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: based on whether you were like, hey, I didn't get 422 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: a COVID shot. In fact, I'm kind of impressed when 423 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: people say, hey, because of where I live, I went 424 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: and got a fake COVID vax card. I've heard that 425 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: a bunch from people in our industry. I've never want 426 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: to blow anyone up on this, obviously, because technically it's 427 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,360 Speaker 1: very illegal. I knew so many people who had fake 428 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 1: COVID cards, so many people who had fake COVID cards. 429 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: That's all I can say. That's all I can say 430 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: about not gonna blow even under duress, Clay I would 431 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 1: not name names, but yeah, a lot of people had 432 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: fake COVID shot cards in New York City. I'm willing 433 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 1: to give you the first two shots because again I 434 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: understand not everybody did the math and understood things well, 435 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: and it's easy to fall into hype. But after the 436 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: first two shots didn't work, if you went and got 437 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: a booster, I can't trust your opinion on anything. It's 438 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: basically an intelligence test, and god forbid you got more 439 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: than one booster, you are a moron. And if you're 440 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: in the opinion business, I can't trust your opinion on anything. 441 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: So I give credit to Aaron Rodgers. I had never 442 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: thought of this before. But if you had to come 443 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 1: on and say, hey, I'm so and so I got 444 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: six shots, I'd be like, yep, I'm not even listening 445 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 1: to anything else after that. Well, this is why, to 446 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: be fair, we've had a version of this test that 447 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: we've discussed on the show for a while, which pertains 448 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 1: to politicians, public figures, and how somebody acted throughout the fullness. 449 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: You know, the entirety of COVID was the perfect simulation 450 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: of what their judgment is like, their level of honesty, 451 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: their level of courage or lack of all of those 452 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: things as somebody who has power in public life. So, 453 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 1: whether it's politicians, you know, CDC people, doctors, hospital administrators, 454 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: you got to run the perfect stress test on whether 455 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: somebody has reasonable, decent judgment and can process new information 456 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: or not. So yeah, no, Aaron Rodgers, Dude, I've already 457 00:25:55,880 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: told you I'm a big fan of the Aaron Rodgers. 458 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,159 Speaker 1: He was on I know, the Green Bay Packers. I'm like, 459 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: I know that, But didn't you play for another team too? 460 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: Didn't he go to the Jets or something? He's on 461 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: the Jets right now. Did you intro with the when 462 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 1: I said, I'm sorry, Jets fans, that's been a rough 463 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: season for you bad. Yes, he was a Green Bay Packer. 464 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: I thought he was tired. No, he's like forty years 465 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: old and not had a good season tour his achilles 466 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: tendon last year. And if you're out there and you're saying, 467 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: why is Aaron Rodgers talking about vas status. It's because 468 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: he refused to get the COVID shot and everybody in 469 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: the sports media ripped him to the high heavens as 470 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 1: if he were typhoid Mary out there trying to kill everyone, 471 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: and so he still hasn't forgotten about it. He's a 472 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: grudge guy, which I get a lot of people use 473 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: grudge and sports grudges as a method to fire themselves up. 474 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: But that discussion on ESPN, I actually I hadn't thought 475 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: about it before. But can you think of a better 476 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: way in the last four years for a media member 477 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: to immediately tell you something and then you decide whether 478 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: or not you believe them. Look, they're democrats out there 479 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: that I think voted for Kamala Harris that are not 480 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: total morons. They're just committed to their team and they're 481 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: willing to do it. So voting status, I'm not to 482 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:20,160 Speaker 1: me how many COVID shots you got is actually far 483 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: more dispositive than who you voted for, you know, as 484 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 1: I was kind of sad, you know, just sitting there 485 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 1: fortunately drinking my Crocket Coffee Best Coffee Anywhere Cracket Coffee 486 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: dot Com. While Joe Scarborough is on the screen this 487 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,199 Speaker 1: morning and Carrie is such a such a patient and 488 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 1: loving wife that she she lets me flip on this 489 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:42,439 Speaker 1: Morning Joe. Sometimes even though she's just she feels like 490 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: it's she can't take it. She's like, I gotta go 491 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: to it. Noe. She goes and takes Ginger for a walk. 492 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: I've realized though, what the deal is with him and 493 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: a lot of others like him. It's almost like a 494 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 1: cartel lawyer, you know, like a lawyer for the cartels. 495 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,879 Speaker 1: They'll do anything and say anything because this is the 496 00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 1: job and that's it. And you know, if they got 497 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,439 Speaker 1: to bend the rules and be dishonest and whatever, fine, 498 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 1: whatever he's got to do, you know what I mean. 499 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:10,919 Speaker 1: There's no ethos, honor, or integrity in this. It's just 500 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: making a buck. And if you have to look like 501 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: a jackass a lot of the time, that's the job. 502 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: So I don't even think it bothers him. Really, I 503 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 1: think he's at that level of media sociopath where just 504 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 1: say whatever, you know. So the good news is don't 505 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: have to feel bad for miss Holidays. He's at him 506 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 1: or Mica. I wonder if they're gonna have dinner with 507 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: Trump again. Probably, I wonder if eventually he decides to go, 508 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: I mean, it depends on what that contract looks like. 509 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: From an MSNBC. Do I think that if Joe Scarborough 510 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: got an opportunity to become center right at News Nation 511 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: or Newsmax. I don't think Fox would ever pick him up. 512 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 1: But you know it's some other network possibly that would 513 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 1: view him as star new His Nation wouldn't be too crazy, 514 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 1: I think as a possibility. Well, do I think that 515 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: all of a sudden he would go right of center 516 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: if that's where he thought the audience the money was. Absolutely, 517 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: I mean I would place bets on it. Absolutely. I mean, yeah, 518 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 1: go go go to the Chris Cuomo routine. Well, all of 519 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: a sudden, you're like, yeah, you know, maybe I needed 520 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: to be more of a bro and like not actually 521 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: such a whimp. You know. Yeah, there you go, true 522 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: stories all around. Well, take some of your calls, but 523 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: we haven't gotten to calls yet. I want to do that, 524 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: So let's get to some calls. Eight hundred two two 525 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: two eight eight two. Our pro life community does the 526 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 1: right thing every time they speak up on behalf of 527 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: the lives of babies in the womb. 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We claim your sanity with 549 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: Clay and Funny. Find them on the free iHeartRadio app 550 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back in everybody. 551 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: It is the Christmas Seals. Itll take some of your 552 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 1: calls here. And I can't believe I've only got an 553 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: hour left of live radio for the Buckster here for 554 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four and then I'm on vacation. Clay gonna 555 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: be with you tomorrow all day. He's going to be 556 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: manning the ship and making sure that only excellent Christmas 557 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: movies are discussed. Although, Clay, I've heard a rumor, and 558 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 1: I guess it's not a rumor because it's from you, 559 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 1: So that's technically just firsthand that you are going to 560 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: see Gladiator two today? Is this correct? Not a Christmas movie? 561 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: But it is a Christmas release of Switt Yes, it 562 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: came out again Thanksgiving fair. I am highly suspect that 563 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: this is gonna work out well, but I because I'm 564 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: with your wife, Laura says it's her favorite movie. It's 565 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 1: a yeah, Gladiator, not Gladiator too Gladiator for me, It's 566 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: definitely a top five movie it's an absolutely fantastic movie. It's 567 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: probably that's number two for me. I think Braveheart's number 568 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 1: one for favorite movies all time. How are you feeling 569 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: about this going into it? You know, I feel like 570 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 1: it's like the pregame show for the movie you're gonna see. Well, 571 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: I feel like it's gonna be good, and I have 572 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: no idea. I haven't read the reviews. I'm going in 573 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 1: completely blind. I didn't realize I went to buy tickets. 574 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: You know, the Lion King Mufasa movie is coming out, 575 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 1: and I don't watch traditional media. I guess, so I 576 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 1: missed a lot of knowing what movies are coming out 577 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: and everything else. And I only know because I went 578 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:35,120 Speaker 1: into the movie theater to go buy tickets. I'm actually 579 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 1: kind of intrigued to see. For those of you who 580 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: have forgotten Mufasa is the evil lion and lion king, 581 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 1: that one actually seems like it's probably gonna dominate Mufasa. 582 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: Oh sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, Yes, I know your power 583 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 1: zone pretension as weak as a war togs backside. I've 584 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,680 Speaker 1: been thinking this totally wrong. I don't care about Mufasa. 585 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 1: I thought this was the scar I wanted the bad 586 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: guy of the Lion King. I've gotten that totally wrong. Yeah, 587 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 1: I'm glad you're there to correct me, because my phone 588 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: would have been a disaster. You would have got on 589 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean that's confusing Mufasa and Scar. That's like, 590 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 1: that's like Darth Vader versus Luke. I mean, you gotta 591 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,960 Speaker 1: know what's what you want to talk. I know what 592 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: the woke era is crazy. Do you remember that they 593 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:30,200 Speaker 1: decided it was racist for a white person to be 594 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 1: the voice of a lion because lions were from Africa. 595 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,360 Speaker 1: Do you remember this discussion, John There was a lot 596 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 1: of discussion around the Lion King because I believe Whoopy 597 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 1: Goldberg voiced the hyena in The Lion King and Scar. 598 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: There was this whole thing. Scar was played by Jeremy Irons, 599 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 1: but they said that there were people that said that 600 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,520 Speaker 1: Jeremy Irons that it was anti LGBTQ because Scar didn't 601 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,240 Speaker 1: have a femae, so Scar was a gay lion. There's 602 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: all this like social justice analysis of that. This This 603 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 1: might have been the craziest argument out there and I 604 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: think it's still still percolating. Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who was 605 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,400 Speaker 1: one of the kids from Home Alone was the voice 606 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 1: of Young Simba, which is Taylor Thomas was in Home Alone? 607 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:30,240 Speaker 1: Did I say Home Alone? Yes, hold on Jonathan Taylor 608 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,600 Speaker 1: Thomas Home Improvement. There was one of the kids from 609 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:39,160 Speaker 1: Home Improvement. Yes, my pop culture bona fides are collapsing here. 610 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,000 Speaker 1: But he's a young white kid. He was the voice 611 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:48,120 Speaker 1: of Young Simba. They said it was racist because lions 612 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:52,840 Speaker 1: are from Africa to have white people as the voice 613 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 1: for cartoon lions. So when they have remade the Lion 614 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 1: King movies, they have insisted that only black people can 615 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:07,360 Speaker 1: voice the lions because otherwise it would be cultural appropriation. 616 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,919 Speaker 1: This is one of the craziest things I've ever heard. 617 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 1: So in theory, Buck, this would mean, like Kung Fu Panda, 618 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:18,560 Speaker 1: it has to be a Chinese person who is doing 619 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,279 Speaker 1: the voice of the panda, or else it would be 620 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,600 Speaker 1: racist cultural appropriation. Right. You know what's funny is if 621 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:29,320 Speaker 1: you had somebody doing speaking in an English, speaking English 622 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:32,640 Speaker 1: and having a Chinese accent, it would be considered the panda. 623 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 1: That would be super racist, yes, but to have a 624 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 1: white guy speaking just English as a panda also racist. 625 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:41,960 Speaker 1: I'm starting to feel like Clay. No matter what there 626 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 1: are people gonna say that's kind of racist, but I'm 627 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:48,400 Speaker 1: never even Yes, that's one hundred percent the case. But 628 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:52,319 Speaker 1: think about the idea being that the race of the 629 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 1: person who speaks for an animal has to be from 630 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,359 Speaker 1: the same place. So if you are, for instance, if 631 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 1: there's a tie like Tony the Tiger back in the 632 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,920 Speaker 1: day in frosted Flakes, if it weren't an Indian guy, 633 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 1: it would be racist for the I mean, this is 634 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 1: what they were arguing, And this is what I was 635 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,399 Speaker 1: thinking when I went in and I started to get 636 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,279 Speaker 1: my tickets for Gladiator too. By the way, go get 637 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 1: Crockett coffee. You can drink Krot coffee no matter what 638 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 1: race you are, and I guarantee you'll love it. And 639 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: if you use code book, you can get an autographed 640 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: copy of my book. It'll come after the first of 641 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 1: the year, but I'm telling you it's absolutely fantastic. We 642 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,880 Speaker 1: come back. We are scheduled to be joined by Senator 643 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: Rand Paul of Kentucky, and he has floated this is 644 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:39,240 Speaker 1: a wild one. He has floated the idea of Elon 645 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,279 Speaker 1: Musk becoming Speaker of the House because you don't have 646 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,480 Speaker 1: to actually be a member of Congress to be speaker. 647 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: We'll ask him about that more when we come back